To The Edge And Back The Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder

Chris Klug travels the world as a professional snowboarder, calling Aspen, Colorado, his home. He is a four-time World Cup winner, six-time U.S. National champion, a U.S. Open winner, and a two-time Olympian. In 2002 Chris became the first ever transplant recipient Olympian and medalist. He is focused on spreading the life-saving message of organ donation awareness through his snowboarding and speaking. The Chris Klug Foundation is dedicated to donor awareness and helping transplant patients. Chris can be found surfing, kite-boarding, mountain biking, or fly-fishing when not on his snowboard. He looks forward to competing in the next Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, in 2006. For more information, visit www.chrisklug.com. Steve Jackson is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist who lives in the mountains west of Denver, Colorada, with his wife and three daughters. His last book for Carroll and Graf, Lucky Lady: The World War II Heroics of the USS Santa Fe and Franklin, won the 2003 Colorado Book Award for best history/biography and was the runner-up for the 2004 Admiral Samuel E. Morrison Naval History Award. Time well spent is time with his family, fly-fishing, hiking, camping, practicing martial arts, writing, playing in the ocean, spent with friends, and skiing (he leaves the snowboarding to Chris).Klug, Chris is the author of 'To The Edge And Back The Story from Organ Transplant Survivor to Olympic Snowboarder', published 2004 under ISBN 9780786714223 and ISBN 0786714220.